I am excited!
I am on three panels this year
"The Story in the Object and the Oject in the Story"
"Where is the Goddess Today"
and
"Death is Weirder than you Think"

I think I am going to have a good time!

I've been away from blogging for a couple of weeks as I try to get my head around opening my on-line enamel supply business. Been taking E-commerce workshops and talking to IT specialists - which you wouldn't think would be very conducive to creativity - but in fact, once I get into the studio I find myself pretty energized. Here's the latest ( Read more... )

This one was more challenging as I was working from a photo of a dark coloured horse and had to imagine more ;-) The piece I chronicled in my last post was based on an actual grisaille - so it was easier to see where the layers went

First coat painted

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It was three years ago I saw my first Grisaille up close and personal at the Taft Museum in Cincinnati. It literally took my breath away. My heart started beating faster. I knew I had to try and do this - but I had a problem. I couldn't draw.

This was the kind of piece I was up against!

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That's the conference I was just at this past week. What a blast I had! It was one of those conferences where academics and practitioners are brought into fruitful proximity - an activity I particularly enjoy. I gave a paper which you can read here if you are at all interested. The panel was called "Locating Interdisciplinarity: Technology and the ( Read more... )

I wanted to talk about how important discovering WisCon has been to me. For those of you who don't know, WisCon is a Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention that happens in Madison Wisconsin every May. But I found that I couldn't talk about it without going on a journey (isn't that often the way?) It has been a twisted journey - and it is ( Read more... )

Well - I have been working away at my movies (I am doing two - one of the owl necklace - and another of a special order I am working on) both are up at YouTube in their silent form - I hope to get to the soundtrack soon - but I have my mother's birthday this week-end (she'll be 83!)and a show in New York next week-end, so I am not sure when that ( Read more... )

When Jane talked me into having a live journal - she sucked me in with the idea of being about to show people something of the process of enameling. I pictured myself taking pictures at various stages of the process and explaining them. Well - when I went to take the first picture I realised there was a movie function on my camera! Eureka ( Read more... )

I thought I would move this conversation that I am having with Lisa Stock over here to Live Journal - so that others can comment or join in.

Lisa went to my MySpace music page and (I am delighted to say) enjoyed the songs. She particularly mentioned Blackest Crow, which is one of the very few Appalatian songs in my repertoire. I love its ( Read more... )